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So the exact level of pollution you produce is good, people should all live the same way you do? I grew up in a developing country without heating or aircon. I
by trompetenaccoun 5y ago
So the exact level of pollution you produce is good, people should all live the same way you do?
I grew up in a developing country without heating or aircon. I remember having frostbite on my feet some winters. Most of the food we ate was brought from the local farms straight to the market. No shipping stuff around the world, no cooling etc. I also biked everywhere and still do. If you're from a first world country, just by existing there and living the most basic life you're already responsible for so much CO2 it will be hard to ever catch up. So please give up everything and revert to monke before preaching to me.
But seriously: Moralizing doesn't help. People need better education so they understand energy issues, which they currently don't. Instead everyone repeats believe the science™ or such mantras, but they never actually look at the science. Once they have an understanding, as societies we need to figure out rules that work for most people, not just edge cases. It's good you ride your bike and I do to, but it's not a solution for everyone, some people will still need to drive cars. On the same note the push to make all cars electric is idiotic. The other day I saw they introduced electric highway patrol cars in New York, who on earth would think that to be a good idea?! I work in earth science and the amount of myths people believe about energy and climate related topics is insane. The lack of understanding makes them easy targets for misinformation by the energy lobby, the car industry and other actors with ulterior motives.
- 11235813213455 5y agoTotally agreed with you, about education, and sorry, nothing against you, reacting more on the article and global behaviors. I know I still have a footprint, I consume a bit of electricity (powering my low-energy laptop, a bit of light the evening, and cooking rice, that's pretty much all, I don't even have a fridge, no kidding), tap water, not much but still (like I don't wash my clothes often, few time a year probly), planning to have dry toilets, not easy in an apartment, but I'll try. I don't preach for my way to optimize things which is a bit extreme, just for a more achievable end result: cutting by a half our footprints. People can take more pblic transports, train, avoid planes, consume more local food, consume less overall etc..